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# The Doctrine of the Foundation
**We the Supreme Court**, to promulgate the perfect union, establish justice, ensure the appropriate and transparent governance of the Foundation, promote general welfare, and secure the interests of the Chairman, do with these means in our capacity as the highest judicial authority, and with the blessing of the Chairman, ordain and establish this Doctrine for the Foundation.

## ARTICLE I. THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY.
The absolute power herein granted shall be vested in the Central Authority, which may delegate duties and separate powers among the government as desired.

### SECTION I. THE CHAIRMAN.
The Chairman's desire shall vest the absolute and uncontestable authority.

He shall hold the role of the supreme and sole leader of the Foundation, and the powers to, by act of his own mandate, appoint and remove Ministers and Councilors, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other holders of the upper government and lower government offices, and any lower office composing the Foundation, amend the law of the land, prescribe punishment upon the people, and grant pardons for offenses against his interests or those of the Foundation and its law.

He shall be the Commander-in-Chief of the land and air forces of the Foundation, and he shall have the power to call into actual service of the Foundation all forces designated for the defense of the land.

### SECTION II. THE VICE CHAIRMAN.
The Vice Chairman shall, in unison with the Chairman's desire, rule the land.

He shall have the power to rule over the General Assembly as the Head of the Assembly, and the power of all other offices that the Chairman desires.

### SECTION III. THE COUNCIL HEAD.
The Council Head shall have the power to, by the Chairman, rule over and appoint Councilors and Ministers; he may, on extraordinary occasion, convene one or both chambers of the General Assembly; and rule over the Executive Branch.

## ARTICLE II. THE GOVERNMENT.
The Foundation shall be divided into two (2) political subdivisions, consisting of an Upper Government and a Lower Government.

### SECTION I. UPPER GOVERNMENT. 
The Upper Government shall have the power to, by the Chairman, create, modify, and repeal the law of the people, occupy executive, legislative, and judicial office, and set policy to direct the compliance of the Chairman's interests.

The Upper Government shall be composed of the three (3) branches, thereby created to ensure transparent governance: the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial.

No branch of the Upper Government shall contravene the law of the land or transgress the interests of the Chairman.

### SECTION II. LOWER GOVERNMENT.
The Foundation shall be divided into geographical divisions, called provinces. 

The governance power of provinces shall be vested in the Lower Government.

Provinces may be established, modified, or decommissioned by law, by the Central Council.

The Lower Government shall be composed of an Executive and a Legislative branch.

The Executive Branch of a Lower Government shall be composed of a Governor and a Secretariat.

The Secretariat of a Lower Government shall be composed of an appointed member from each executive department, chosen by the Cabinet Minister.

The Legislative Branch of the Lower Government shall be composed of a Board of Directors from all installations within the province's boundaries.

The Legislative Branch may create policies in line with the law of the people and the law of the land.

The Lower Government shall have the power to, by the Chairman, establish installation zoning, regulate installation capacity, create, amend, or repeal policies, and coordinate services specific to installations within the province.

## ARTICLE III. THE LEGISLATIVE.
All legislative power herein granted shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Central Council and a House of Representatives.

### SECTION I. THE CENTRAL COUNCIL.
The Central Council shall be composed of four (4) councilors from each of the Executive Branch sectors, and a Council Head.

Councilors shall be appointed by mandate of the Central Authority.

No person shall be a Councilor who shall not have first occupied the Office of Minister for at least four (4) consecutive months, and expressed understanding of the law of the land, and the law of the people.

The Central Council shall have the power to lay taxes or fees, amend the operations of the Executive Branch, and amend the operations of the Judiciary; to dictate the regulations under which the Executive Branch shall operate; to declare a global state of emergency; to deploy the land and air forces; to order the land and air forces be in the highest alert level by law; to regulate the land and air forces; to order the people to serve in the land and air forces; and to appoint or remove Ministers.

### SECTION II. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House of Representatives shall be composed of two (2) members from each of the affluent houses of the Foundation, and two (2) members from each of the Executive Departments.

No person shall be a Representative who shall not have occupied their office for at least three (3) months, have not been an affluent person for at least one (1) month, and have not been a resident of the Foundation for at least five (5) months.

Representatives shall serve for a term no longer than three (3) consecutive months, except when mandated by the Head of the Assembly. 

At the end of each term, the House of Representatives benches shall be vacated, and the prescribed officers shall elect new members.

No person shall be consecutively elected to occupy the office of Representative.

### SECTION III. ASSEMBLY SOVEREIGNTY.
The General Assembly shall choose its heads and officers.
 
The General Assembly shall establish a set of general rules governing its proceedings and membership.

Each Chamber may determine the date and time of its proceedings, punish its members for contempt, and, in accordance with the law of the people and the General Assembly's rules, expel a member.

The House of Representatives, with the approval of the Central Council, may determine the minimum number of representatives present and accounted for to constitute a Quorum to do Business, and such shall be established in the law of the people.

### SECTION IV. VACANCY.
Shall a vacancy happen by resignation, or otherwise, during recess of the General Assembly, the prescribed officer of each chamber shall fill such vacancy before the chamber can convene, and during the next session, the chamber leader or presiding officer, as specified by the rules of the General Assembly, shall swear in the new member.

The manner of resigning from an office of the legislature shall be prescribed in the law of the people.

### SECTION V. DISQUALIFICATION.
Shall vacate the office of Councilor or Representative, any person who has been convicted by a court of Treason, Misconduct, or any other crime against the law of the land, the law of the people, or the interests of the Chairman, or who has utilized their office for personal gain, or other dishonorable conduct.

### SECTION VI. HEADS AND OFFICERS.
The Vice Chairman shall be the Head of the Assembly and shall have the power to rule over it.

The Lord or Lady of the General Assembly shall rule along with the Head of the Assembly, with approval thereof, and shall be the principal clerk and presiding officer of the General Assembly. 

Each Chamber of the General Assembly shall appoint a head. The Council Head shall be the head of the Central Council, and his appointment shall be by mandate of the Chairman. The Leader of the House shall be the head of the House of Representatives, and his appointment shall be through an election by the House of Representatives. The Leader of the House shall be elected during the first session of each term of the House of Representatives. 

The Master of the Households shall be held by the Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Valued Houses, who shall be the sole keeper of the benches of the House of Representatives for the members of the affluent houses of the Foundation. 

The Bench Marshal shall be held by all other Cabinet Ministers, who shall be the keepers of the respective benches of their executive departments.

All other positions that may arise, their holders, and their power, shall be prescribed in the law of the people.

### SECTION VII. POWERS OF THE ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly shall have the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases and create, amend, and repeal all laws necessary and proper for the execution of the powers vested by this Doctrine in the Government, save for those establishing power, role, and limitation by this Doctrine.

### SECTION VIII. BILLS.
All bills, save for those related to powers conferred only to the Central Council, shall originate from the House of Representatives.

Every bill shall be confined to a single subject unless the bill is to revise existing law. The subject of each bill shall be explicitly stated in its title. The enacting clause of each bill shall be as follows: *"Be it enacted by His Excellency the Chairman, by and with the advice of the Council Head, Councilors, and Representatives, in General Assembly convened."*

The legislature shall establish the method for the enactment of bills into law, beyond the provisions set forth in this Doctrine. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Central Council shall be presented to the Chairman, or an authority delegated by his own desire, with the power to revise and approve the bill. Shall he or his delegate return the bill with their objections, these shall be entered into the journal of the chamber where the bill originated, to be reconsidered. If the reconsidered bill is passed by the House of Representatives, it, along with the objections, shall be sent to the other chamber, and upon passage by both chambers, sent to the Chairman again. Shall a bill be denied a third time by the Chairman or his designee, the bil shall not be reconsidered, and an annotation into both chambers' journal shall be made, prohibiting the creation of the same bill in a future term.

In all such cases of votes, the ayes and nays that determine the passage or failure of a bill shall be entered into the chamber's journal.

No bill shall become or take effect as law without first receiving approval from the Central Council and being presented to and approved by the Chairman or his delegate. 

## ARTICLE IV. THE EXECUTIVE.
The executive power shall be vested in the Cabinet Ministers, who, along with the Central Council, shall occupy their office until resignation, death, or removal.

### SECTION I. THE CABINET.
The Cabinet shall be composed of eight (8) Ministers appointed by mandate of the Central Authority, each to one (1) of the eight (8) executive departments prescribed by the law of the land. 

They shall have the power to, by the Chairman, set policy and direct action of the executive departments in line with the law of the land, the law of the people, and the Chairman's interests; to, with consent from the Central Council, appoint senior civil servants to the office of the senior civil service respective to their executive department; to modify the regulation prescribing the internal structure and administrative operation of the executive departments, save the one regarding the department duties; and to establish policy affecting the people, in line with the law of the land and the law of the people.

No person shall be a Minister who shall not have occupied office for at least three (3) months, and been a resident for at least five (5) months.

### SECTION II. DISQUALIFICATION.
Shall vacate the office of Minister, any person who has been convicted by a court of Treason, Misconduct, or any other crime against the law of the land, the law of the people, or the interests of the Chairman, or who has utilized their office for personal gain, or other dishonorable conduct.

### SECTION III. ACCOUNTABILITY.
The Executive Branch shall be held accountable to the two (2) highest authorities of the Legislative and Judicial powers: the Central Council and the Supreme Court.

The Central Council shall have the power to, by the Chairman, rule over the Cabinet Ministers within their specific sector, in line with the law of the land, the law of the people, and the interests of the Chairman.

The Supreme Court shall have the power to, by the Chairman, order the cessation of action; to order the execution of a law-mandated duty; to order the modification of all aspects of an executive department; and to order the dismissal from office of a senior civil servant, Cabinet Minister, or Councilor, for treason, misconduct, or other high crimes, or transgressing the law of the land, or the Chairman's interests.

### SECTION IV. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
The Executive Branch shall be divided into eight (8) offices, hereinafter refered to as ministries.

The Ministry of the State shall administer commerce, the collection of taxes, the management of property, the oversight of the Lower Government, and the provision of essential services.

The Ministry of Defense shall enforce the law of the people and organize, maintain, and command the land and air forces.

The Ministry of Law shall oversee the enforcement of the rule of law, maintain and command the lower courts, and establish, maintain, and command all legal officers and offices.

The Ministry of Intelligence shall conduct foreign intelligence, conduct covert security and counter-intelligence efforts, and conduct anti-criminal operations and investigations against espionage, treason, government misconduct, and all forms of subversion.

The Ministry of Valued Houses shall administer the affairs of the affluent houses, oversee tax policy and adjustment, regulate banking and loan services, and determine the user cost of services, save for housing.

The Ministry of Upkeep and Creation shall provide for the development and maintenance of infrastructure.

The Ministry of Science and Medicine shall direct scientific effort, administer the health service, and provide for emergency medical services.

The Ministry of Knowledge shall direct the education of the people, preserve and publish knowledge, and organize ceremonial events in tribute to the Central Authority.	 

## ARTICLE V. THE JUDICIARY.
The judicial power of the Foundation shall be vested in one Supreme Court and the lower courts, as the Central Council may from time to time ordain and establish.

### SECTION I. THE SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court shall be composed of five (5) to ten (10) justices, as the Central Authority may from time to time ordain and establish.

The Supreme Court shall have the power to, by the Chairman, rule over the Executive and Legislative branches of the government; to, with consent from the Chairman, amend the law of the land; to interpret the law of the land; to intervene in case of disagreement within or between the two aforementioned branches; and to suspend, or amend, though not enact the law of the people.

The Supreme Court shall be the Chairman's personal privy council.

No person shall be a Justice who shall not have passed an examination, occupied office for at least six (6) months, been a resident for at least eight (8) months, and expressed understanding of the law of the land and the law of the people.

### SECTION II. THE LOWER COURTS.
There shall exist no less than two (2) lower courts at any given time: The Appellate Court and the Circuit Court.

An Appellate Court shall be established per judicial district.

The Appellate Court shall be known as the court of record.

The Appellate Court shall hear all cases of appeal of procedure, civil, and criminal.

The Appellate Court shall carry jurisprudential power within its respective district, unless overruled by the Supreme Court.

One (1) to five (5) Circuit Courts shall be established per judicial district.

The Circuit Court shall hear all trials of crimes and hear all cases of civil disagreement.

The Central Council shall reserve the power to establish, amend, and discontinue judicial districts, though no province or installation shall be left without judicial representation.

### SECTION III. THE MINISTRY OF LAW.
The Ministry of Law shall have the power to, by the Supreme Court and with the consent of the Chairman, prosecute and investigate all officers and officeholders of the government, for crimes against the law of the people, the law of the land, and the Chairman's interests.

Shall the necessity to investigate or prosecute a Cabinet Minister or Councilor arise, such shall be the sole power of the Supreme Court.

### SECTION IV. WARRANTS AND WRITS.
The Supreme Court and all Lower Courts shall have the power to issue all warrants and writs, and those who are served with them shall be obliged to comply under threat of Contempt.

### SECTION V. JUDICIAL POWERS.
The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising from the law of the land, and the law of the people; to all cases affecting a Cabinet Minister, or other high officers; to controversies to which the Foundation shall be a party; to controversies between two or more provinces; between two or more government offices; between a government office and a resident; or two or more residents.

In all cases affecting Cabinet Ministers or other high government officers, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as law and fact.

In all cases affecting a government office or high officer, under controversy of crime, the judiciary shall have the power to employ the powers of the Ministry of Intelligence.

For the effectual administration of justice and the prompt disposition of judicial proceedings, the Supreme Court may promulgate independent rules of practice and procedure, not subject to amendment or repeal by the legislature, though such shall not contravene the law of the land and the law of the people.

### SECTION VI. THE CODE OF STATUTES.
The law of the people shall henceforth be named the Code of Statutes.

The Legislative Branch shall have the power to, by the Chairman, create, amend, and repeal all laws of the Code of Statutes.

No statute shall transgress the law of the land or the Chairman's interests.

Shall the people conduct themselves in a manner that transgresses the Code of Statutes, they shall be prosecuted according to the procedures and laws established by the Executive and Legislative Branch.

## ARTICLE VI. THE CENTRAL CHANCERY.
The Central Chancery shall be established as the sovereign office and household of the Chairman. 

### SECTION I. PERMANENT OFFICES.
The Central Chancery shall be composed of the Office of the Notary and the Office of the Chamberlain.

Additional offices may be constituted, amended, and discontinued by mandate of the Central Authority or Legislative Edict.

### SECTION II. POWERS OF THE CHANCERY.
The Central Chancery shall have the power to, by the Chairman, prepare, issue, and record mandates; to manage the central household; to custody the great archive; to prepare, issue, and maintain the gazette;  to oversee the Executive Branch's compliance with the law of the people and the Chairman's interests; to assist the Executive and Legislative Branches of the government; to prepare, issue, and record all appointments and instruments necessary for the governance of the Foundation; and to create, maintain, amend, issue, and record all honors, orders, and decorations of the Foundation.

The Central Chancery shall have the power of the Central Authority when acting under mandate of the herein set forth.

### SECTION III. GREAT OFFICERS.
The Lord or Lady Chancellor shall be the first officer of the Central Chancery and shall have the power to execute Central Authority mandates.

The Lord or Lady Chamberlain shall be the second-highest officer of the Central Chancery and shall coordinate the affairs of the Sovereign Household.

The Lord or Lady Notary shall be the third-highest officer of the Central Chancery, the sole keeper of the Great Seal, and the officer responsible for all Central Authority Decrees, issues of the Foundation Gazette, and the Great Archive.

The Lord or Lady Chancellor may appoint a secretariat.

The Secretariat of the Central Chancery shall have the power to manage all non-permanent offices of the Central Chancery.

### SECTION IV. THE FOUNDATION GAZETTE.
Where any enactment, edit, proclamation, order, regulation, rule, warrant, circular, list, or document shall be evidence, or have any other effect, when purporting to be printed by the Central Chancery, or otherwise under the Chairman's authority, such shall have the said effect (as the case may be) if it purports to be printed under the sovereignty or authority of the Central Chancery.

### SECTION V. THE SACRED ORDERS.
The Central Chancery shall be the sole keeper of all orders, honors, and commendations of sacred precedence. 

### SECTION VI. SOVEREIGN OFFICES.
The three (3) sovereign offices henceforth established by the law of the land shall be the Supreme Court, the Central Chancery, and the Chairman's Guard.

No government power shall alter, delay, or impede the operations of a sovereign office.

## ARTICLE VII. THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
The people shall have the following rights, and no government power shall alter, diminish, or impede them.

### FIRST GUARANTEE.
The right of the people to be protected against grave bodily harm or death shall not be violated, save for cases of criminal conduct.

### SECOND GUARANTEE.
No person shall be deprived of the basic human necessities, namely food, water, medical attention, and shelter.

### THIRD GUARANTEE.
Save for the crimes of Treason, Espionage, and Subversion, any person accused of a crime shall have the right to representation and a fair trial under the law of the land and the law of the people, and shall not be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

### FOURTH GUARANTEE.
No person, save for cases of criminal conviction, shall be the subject of unfair treatment by a higher officer or unjustified removal from office, when holding office in service for the Foundation.

### FIFTH GUARANTEE.
The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure shall not be violated, save for cases of Treason, Espionage, Subversion, or other high crimes where the legislative may from time to time ordain and establish.

## ARTICLE VIII. A NEW LAND.
In the year two thousand sixty-five, the world beholds a new dawn, as prosperity is restored beneath the wisdom of our savior, the Chairman. Henceforth, the Supreme Court, in witness thereof, by the unanimous consent of the Central Authority, ratifies the Foundation as the sole sovereign state.

## ARTICLE IX. A NEW LEADER.
In the convention, and with the unanimous and irrevocable consent of the Central Authority and the people of the Foundation, the Supreme Court, in witness thereof, ratifies the Chairman as the great and sole savior of the people, and the supreme authority of our land.

## ARTICLE X. A NEW LAW.
The unanimous consent and ratification of the Central Authority shall be sufficient for the establishment of a new doctrine for the new world.

#### In witness thereof,

**Caesar Aggail**
*Vice Chairman*

**Silas Vellner**
*Council Head*

**Nicole Sanders**
*Chief Justice*

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# Amendments

## AMENDMENT THE FIRST.
On the first day of the eleventh month in the year three thousand one hundred,

**The Supreme Court**, at the time of this Amendment, having expressed its desire to uphold the original intent and principles that form the foundation of the law of the land, and to prevent any misconduct or abuse by itself or its members, hereby ordains that further clauses establishing the due process to be observed in the event of the necessity to amend such law shall be added.

**It is hereby resolved**, by the Supreme Court, with the unanimous consent of the Central Authority, in witness whereof, and in adherence to the authority and powers vested in it by Article V, Section I of this Doctrine, that all proposed Articles or Sections, once duly enacted, shall be deemed validated and binding to all intents and purposes within this Doctrine.

### ARTICLE I. SEPARATION OF POWERS.
In light of, and with the intent to uphold, the principle of appropiate governance, the Central Council shall be vested with the authority to produce amendments to this Doctrine.

### ARTICLE II. DUE PROCESS.
In light of, and with the intent to uphold, the principle of transparent governance, whenever a majority of the Supreme Court or the Central Council shall deem it necessary to propose an amendment to the law of the land, a Convention for the reading and passage thereof shall be convened, composed of the Supreme Court, the Central Council, the Council Head, and the Vice Chairman.

All Articles or Sections of a proposal, when ratified by two-thirds of the several powers so convened, shall be deemed validated and binding to all intents and purposes within this Doctrine.

No amendment shall take effect as law without first receiving the approval of the Chairman or his delegate.
 
#### Signatories,

**Caesar Aggail**
*Vice Chairman*

**Silas Vellner**
*Council Head*

**Nicole Sanders**
*Chief Justice*